Arrests made in Cherokee homicide

9:31 PM,
Nov. 30, 2012

George Nobles

Written by

Clarke Morrison

Tribal and state law enforcement officers arrested three town residents in connection with the shooting death of a woman during an armed robbery in a motel parking lot across from Harrah's Cherokee Casino.

Authorities said George Lee Nobles was charged with first-degree murder after officers with the tribal Police Department and State Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at the suspect's home on Olivet Church Road.

Nobles, 36, also was charged with armed robbery and two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon. ...